In February 2017, Neal Ardman, President of NIA Broadcasting, made headlines for acquiring WTMP-AM in Egypt Lake, Fla., and WTMP-FM in Dade City, Fla. — stations that had entered receivership.
Ardman received much more attention for a deal he made two weeks later that saw him team up with Bruce Maduri’s Genesis Communications in its purchase of W248CA, a translator that moved to St. Petersburg from Bradenton, Fla., and now simulcasts News/Talk WWBA-AM 820
Now, RBR+TVBR has confirmed that Maduri and Ardman have teamed together in a slightly different way: Maduri is selling a Class B AM in the Tampa-St. Petersburg market to Ardman.